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The Canon Part 7: 1939-1979

All notable books published between the years 1939-1979. Long series will just have the first book in the series. Short stories/poems will be in collected editions if I can find it. Is as complete a list as I've been able to make. In as chronological order as possible.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1
Ernest Hemingway
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
2
Carson McCullers
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
3
Richard Wright
The Story of My Experiments With Truth (Mohandas K. Gandhi)
The Story of My Experiments With Truth
4
Mohandas K. Gandhi
The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
5
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
6
Graham Greene
Betsy-Tacy Books
Betsy-Tacy Books
7
Call It Courage (Armstrong Sperry)
Call It Courage
8
Armstrong Sperry
The Corinthian (Georgette Heyer)
The Corinthian
9
Georgette Heyer
You Can't Go Home Again
You Can't Go Home Again
10
The Naughtiest Girl Series (Enid Blyton)
The Naughtiest Girl Series
11
Enid Blyton
Blue Willow (Doris Gates)
Blue Willow
12
Doris Gates
The Big Sea
The Big Sea
13
Curious George
Curious George
14
Make Way for Ducklings (Robert McCloskey)
Make Way for Ducklings
15
Robert McCloskey
The Black Stallion (Walter Farley)
The Black Stallion
16
Walter Farley
Chess Story
Chess Story
17
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
18
Eugene O'Neill
My Friend Flicka
My Friend Flicka
19
The Love of the Last Tycoon
The Love of the Last Tycoon
20
The Melendy Family Quartet (Elizabeth Enright)
The Melendy Family Quartet
21
Elizabeth Enright
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
22
Indian Captive (Lois Lenski)
Indian Captive
23
Lois Lenski
Between the Acts (Virginia Woolf)
Between the Acts
24
Virginia Woolf
The Library of Babel (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Library of Babel
25
Jorge Luis Borges
The Moffats (Eleanor Estes)
The Moffats
26
Eleanor Estes
Black Lamb, Grey Falcon
Black Lamb, Grey Falcon
27
Up at the Villa
Up at the Villa
28
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-41 (William L. Shirer)
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-41
29
William L. Shirer
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
30
Albert Camus
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
31
C.S. Lewis
The Poky Little Puppy (Janette Sebring Lowrey)
The Poky Little Puppy
32
Janette Sebring Lowrey
The Myth of Sisyphus & Other Essays (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus & Other Essays
33
Albert Camus
The Runaway Bunny (Margaret Wise Brown)
The Runaway Bunny
34
Margaret Wise Brown
Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
Mythology
35
Edith Hamilton
The Little House
The Little House
36
West With the Night (Beryl Markham)
West With the Night
37
Beryl Markham
Famous Five Series (Enid Blyton)
Famous Five Series
38
Enid Blyton
The Robe (Lloyd Douglas)
The Robe
39
Lloyd Douglas
The Moon Is Down (John Steinbeck)
The Moon Is Down
40
John Steinbeck
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